Venezuela, RB's births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) was 98.7% in 2018, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 0.5 percentage points from 99.2% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 98.7% | 2018 |
| Five years earlier | 99.2% | 2013 |
| Highest | 99.5% | 2014 |
| Lowest | 94% | 2000 |
| Average since 2011 | 98.65% | 2011–2018 |
| First recorded | 95.3% | 1997 |
Over five years it is down 0.5 percentage points from 99.2% in 2013. Since 1997 it is up 3.4 percentage points from 95.3% in 1997. The World Bank has no value for 11 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
From 2011 to 2018 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 25% of the movement over 8 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2018, Venezuela, RB had the 8th highest value of the 12 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Venezuela, RB in the 2018 ranking
- Jamaica — 5th of 12: 99.7%
- Mongolia — 6th of 12: 99.3%
- Montenegro — 7th of 12: 98.8%
- Suriname — 9th of 12: 98.4%
- Cabo Verde — 10th of 12: 97.3%
- Denmark — 11th of 12: 95.3%
What this measures
Births attended by skilled health staff are the percentage of deliveries attended by personnel trained to give the necessary supervision, care, and advice to women during pregnancy, labor, and the postpartum period; to conduct deliveries on their own; and to care for newborns.
Limitations: For the indicators that are from household surveys, the year refers to the survey year. For more information, consult the original sources.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 11 values
| Year | Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 98.7 |
| 2017 | 99.1 |
| 2016 | 99.3 |
| 2015 | 99.3 |
| 2014 | 99.5 |
| 2013 | 99.2 |
| 2012 | 96 |
| 2011 | 98.1 |
| 2010 | no data |
| 2009 | no data |
| 2008 |
Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 99% (2020)
- Argentina — 98.8% (2020)
- Bahamas, The — 99% (2019)
- Barbados — 98.4% (2020)
- Belize — 94.6% (2020)
- Bolivia — 81.1% (2019)
- Brazil — 98.4% (2020)
- Chile — 99.8% (2019)
- Colombia — 98.8% (2019)
- Costa Rica
More health data for Venezuela, RB
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 7.03% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 7.57% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 3.46 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 23.96% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 3.65 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 25.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 7.11 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 24.92% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 7.87% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Venezuela, RB's births attended by skilled health staff (% of total)?
- 98.7% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1997?
- It is up 3.4 percentage points from 95.3% in 1997. The highest value was 99.5% in 2014 and the lowest 94% in 2000.
- How does Venezuela, RB rank?
- 8th highest of 12 economies with data for 2018.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: State of the World's Children, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF); Childinfo, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF); Demographic and Health Surveys, Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.STA.BRTC.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: State of the World's Children, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF); Childinfo, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF); Demographic and Health Surveys, Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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